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Memorial Rose Garden

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Loughton Station Car Park 84m away — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Loughton Station Car Park 84m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Corticeus unicolor +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Corticeus unicolor +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Three Forests Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Oak TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Beech TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Great Eastern Pathpublic footpath · 246 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 246 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route (1)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

Hainault GreenwayCycling route

Named route

LCN 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 60Cycling route

Named routeRef C60Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

104,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

104,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +64

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects6 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

104,071 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +64

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
TealAnas crecca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects6 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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